Copy – Paste. The Reuse of Material and Visual Culture in Architecture, 2015 issue of  bfo-Journal

The Swiss platform for architectural research, bauforschungonline.ch is pleased to announce the creation of a new online, open access and peer-reviewed journal: bfo-Journal. The aim of bfo-Journal is to provide space for new researches and publications of the highest quality on all aspects of architectural history and critique, urbanism, and conservation of historical monuments.

The first issue of bfo-Journal, to be published in autumn 2015, will develop the thematic of the reuse of material and visual culture in architecture. The reuse of architectural elements and ornaments, of precious building materials and architectonic motifs may be observed at all times. What are the concepts sealed behind this process of visual and material reuse? What is the role played by cultural and cross-border exchanges and by the various political and religious systems in the modification of forms? How are fragments/elements taken out of their original context re-contextualized? What are the challenges of these transformations?

Editors invite papers that present new material and considerations on this phenomenon in European and global architecture, between the Middle Age and the present time. Papers that foster critical discussion and that develop a cross-cultural and/or cross-disciplinary perspective are very welcome.